PM pledges to meet Teoh Beng Hock’s family


DATUK Seri Anwar Ibrahim says he will meet with the family of the late Teoh Beng Hock.

The Prime Minister said he is aware that participants of the Teoh Beng Hock Association for Democratic Advancement were stopped from handing over a memorandum to lawmakers in Parliament yesterday.

“I will meet with them soon and review their memorandum,” Anwar said on X.

On July 16, 2009, Teoh was detained overnight for questioning at the 14th floor of the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) office in Shah Alam. He was later found dead on the fifth floor landing of the building.

In July 2011, a Royal Commission of Inquiry (RCI) ruled that his death was due to suicide.

However, in September 2014, the Court of Appeal found that Teoh’s death was caused by multiple injuries from a fall from the building that was accelerated by “an unlawful act or acts of person or persons unknown” who were involved in the case.

In May 2015, the government agreed to pay Teoh’s family RM600,000 as settlement for a civil suit initiated in 2012 for negligence resulting in his death.

In January last year, Teoh’s parents filed for a judicial review to compel the police to complete investigations into his death.

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